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Historical Event on 1/31/1949

Maharajas of Baroda and Kolhapur decide to merge their states with Bombay.

Other Historical Dates and Events
6/24/1990Defence scientists successfully test fired country's first third generation anti-tank missile 'NAG'.
4/10/1875Swami Dayanand Saraswati established the Arya Samaj at Bombay and in 1877 in Lahore.
9/13/1990An attempt to hijack a Coimbatore-Bangalore-Madras Indian Airlines flight IC 534 to Sri Lanka.
1/1/1955Shantiswaroop Bhatnagar, famous Indian Chemical Expert, died.
3/9/1931The Tories decide not to attend future round table talks on India in London.
3/15/1983Karnataka beat Bombay in 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy.
5/27/1951Taraporewala Aquarium was inaugurated at Mumbai by President Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
11/25/1998Prof. K. S. Hegde (75), former Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University and educationist, dies in New Delhi. He was selected by the Government of India for overseas scholarship for post graduate studies and higher technical training abroad during the pre-independence era.
12/21/1921Praphulchandra Natwarlal Bhagwati, justice of Supreme Court, was born.
1/15/1996Restoration of the original name of the city as ""Mumbai"" for Bombay Vide Maharashtra Act No, XXV of 1996.